Solar Power for our home

[Cutie Pie #2]

Originally Posted by cali yaris

In California, you don't get any of the credits if you don't tie to the grid.

Cutie Pie, here they do systems by the percentage of your usage you want the system to handle, 50% 70% 90% etc. You are not allowed to install a system (and get all the credits) that makes more than you needed last year, on average.

How does it work there, and from your $200/year number, did you do a 90% system?

Our system is a 90% system and it is still on grid for when the sun goes down or we go over the solar usage then regular power grid takes over it's all automatic, we do nothing just have to make sure there's always a green light on the computer so we know that it's taking power from the sun and not the grid. There's also a battery that will produce about 2 hours of power once the sun goes down. I'll keep you guys informed of how it works once we got our first few bills.